From Friday, April 20, at 6pm ET through the evening of Sunday,
April 22, some of the world’s best StarCraft II players will
battle at Major League Gaming’s first Arena of the Spring
Season. Today, MLG released highly-anticipated details about the
competition and the broadcast that will be streamed at
www.majorleaguegaming.com/live.

The Players

Eight of the top finishers from the MLG Winter Championship last
month will compete at the MLG Studio in NYC for $10,900 in prize
money. Players include: MarineKing, DongRaeGu, Heart, Huk, Parting,
Ganzi, Violet and MC. The stakes are higher than ever before as
each player will be pitted against each other throughout the
three-day event. In preparation, they will have practiced
every single matchup possible guaranteeing some of the most
incredible gameplay imaginable.

MLG has lined up some of the top casters in the world including
Artosis,
DJ Wheat,Tasteless,
JP McDaniel,
Rob Simpson, and StarCraft II Player –
Grubby. The casters will be taking turns on the Central
stream and the Gameplay stream, and MLG will be broadcasting
every game that's played.

The Analysts - Axslav,
QXC, and
Sheth

MLG is bringing in some of the top StarCraft II players to
provide in-depth analysis.
Axslav,
QXC, and
Sheth, representing Protoss, Terran, and Zerg,
respectively, will break everything down between games including
the history of the players, their records against each other, their
strategies, play styles, and more.

The Observer - Adebisi

Adebisi will join MLG to Observe all games on the Central
stream.

The Broadcast – MLG will be broadcasting the
competition LIVE via seven streams all weekend.

The Central stream: a highly-polished production
featuring half the matches of the tournament.

The Gameplay Stream: a fast-paced, all-action
stream, featuring the other half of the tournament's
matches.

Four POV streams: one for each player who's
competing on the Central and Gameplay streams.

The Central and Gameplay streams will be broadcast in up to
1080p. The POV streams and Dr Pepper stream will be available in up
to 720p.

The Schedule (
all times ET)

Friday, April 20:

6:00 - Midnight: Pool Play

Saturday, April 21:

2:00pm - 10:00pm: Pool Play

Sunday, April 22:

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Bracket Round 1

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Bracket Round 2

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Bracket Round 3

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Finals

How to Watch – Fans have two ways to watch Spring
Arena 1:

A Spring Arena 1 PPV Pass: This pass is $10 and will soon be
able to purchase in the player on the
live page.

A Spring SCII Season
Pass: For just $30 ($15 for Gold Members), Season Pass
holders get full HD access to Spring Arena 1, the Invite-Only
Online Qualifiers,
and Spring Arena 2. Paying for each of these
events individually would cost you $50. Check out
this infographic for more information on Season pricing.

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